Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN)

Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN)

The Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) is a European system of sample surveys conducted every year to collect accountancy data from farms, with the aim of monitoring the income and business activities of EU agricultural holdings. Moreover, the FADN is an important informative source for understanding the impact of the measures taken under the Common Agricultural Policy on different types of agricultural holdings.

Derived from national surveys, the FADN is the only source of microeconomic data based on harmonised bookkeeping principles.

The survey does not cover all the agricultural holdings in the Union but only those which due to their size could be considered commercial.

Currently, the annual sample consists of more than 80.000 holdings. They represent a population of about 5.000.000 farms in the EU, which covers approximately 90% of the total utilised agricultural area (UAA) and account for about 90% of the total agricultural production.

The methodology applied aims to provide representative data along three dimensions: region, economic size and type of farming.

FADN results online

After validation, individual FADN data are aggregated into standard results, available in the public database. Farm Economy Focus by Member States (see below) are now also available on the Agri-food portal under the section "Farm Economics". Recent information on national and European agriculture can be queried and visualized.

Farm economy focus

The series below consists of factsheets outlining the main features of European farms by country, by type of farming, or by a combination of the two.

The factsheets summarize the income level, financial situation, production and structural characteristics of farms, based on data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) for a given period of years.

The report is a continuation of previous editions of the EU Farm Economics Overview. It provides an overview of key economic developments in the European agricultural holdings from 2004 up to 2015 (and in some cases up to 2016).

The report provides an overview of key economic developments in the European agricultural sector from 2004 up to 2013, based on the latest data available in the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). This time, a separate chapter is devoted to the presentation of the Croatian agriculture.